Biography

Kawabata was born in Japan on 5 March 1910. In September 2019, he was reported as the oldest living man in Kyoto Prefecture. In April 2020, he was reported as the oldest living person in Kyoto City, after Mineno Ueda went to limbo.

Kawabata currently lives in Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, at the age of 110 years, 93 days.